Tokyo (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc. (TSE:9437) hopes to become the 3G wireless service provider for Apple Inc.'s iPad, the company's president, Ryuji Yamada, said in a news conference Friday.

The Apple tablet device is expected to come in two models: one offering just wireless LAN connectivity, and the other supporting Internet connections via both wireless LAN and 3G cell phone networks.

Among Japanese cell phone service providers, both market leader DoCoMo and Softbank Mobile Corp. operate networks that are compatible with the iPad. After losing the exclusive sales rights for the iPhone in Japan to the Softbank Corp. (TSE:9984) unit, DoCoMo appears bent on beating out its rival this time around.


Source:
Business in Asia Today - Feb. 1, 2010
published by Asia Pulse